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Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

A superb, historic specimen from the well known Friedrichsegen Mine in Bad Ems, actually former producer of the finest German Pyromorphites. The greyish-white, transparent to translucent blades are well developed and multifaces. Partially they are showing a nice striation on the prism faces. This is a very good opportunity to get hold of a top class Bad Ems Cerussite. The specimen comes with an old label on the backside and an acrylic base.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
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